The MP government had recently transferred Anand to Dhar from a training institute, to which he was officially attached.
A division bench of the High Court, comprising Justice P K Jaiswal and Justice T K Kaushal said "the interim order passed on August 4 shall continue until further orders".
The bench also directed the MP government to file a detailed reply on transfer orders of Rai and his physician- wife Gauri within two weeks, responding to their "specific allegation" that their transfers was made "malafidely".
Appearing on behalf of petitioners, senior advocate Anand Mohan Mathur drew the attention of the High Court towards the provision of the Whistleblower Protection Act, 2011, which guarantees "necessary protection" to Rai and contended that the state government had acted in vendetta.
However, Additional Advocate General Sunil Jain defended the state government and argued that the couple's transfer orders were done according to law.
Rai had challenged his transfer from the government training institute at Indore to Dhar as well as his wife's transfer from Ujjain to Dhar.
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